Crap Towns / Sheerness / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Sheerness?

There were 16.1 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Sheerness from April 2023 to March 2026, 2.8 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were other outdoor fires, at 6.3. In 2025/26 it was 15.9, up from 10.6 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	10.6	5.2
2024/25	21.9	5.4
2025/26	15.9	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Other outdoor fires	6.3	1.5
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	5.0	1.7
Bins and rubbish set on fire	4.8	1.9

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Chatham	17.5 km	16.5
Sheerness	–	16.1
Sittingbourne	10.0 km	9.5
Canvey Island	15.6 km	8.7
Minster	3.8 km	8.4
Gillingham	14.5 km	7.3
Faversham	16.5 km	6.0
Rochford	17.2 km	6.0
Hoo St Werburgh	13.7 km	4.0
Southend-on-Sea	14.0 km	3.1
Great Wakering	13.5 km	2.6
The typical town	–	5.7